Tetley

I liked, but didn’t love, this tea at first. But, with the addition of just a little bit of honey, it is totally enjoyable! This tea is warming and soothing, and I look forward to it in the evening.

So went with something easy to drink after getting my wisdom teeth out. Had to let this one cool down a bit cause of my teeth. The tea started out a little bland. As it cooled down the spices were more prominant. This remained pretty bland as far as chai’s though.

A decent, cheap black tea. I normally don’t drink this one on its own, but add it to the cup when re-steeping a flavored tea. Tastes great combined with strong fruit teas.

I’ve been drinking a cup of this every morning lately, mostly because it’s always there. Not bad, a bit weak and astringent. Really though, you can’t get much more run of the mill then Tetley, so it’s hard to complain; when approached with lax standards, it’s never a let-down. And for what it’s worth, It ALMOST wakes you up- two cups are better than one.

I drink loose leaf jasmine most of the time – but if thats just not available, Tetley makes a pretty good bagged jasmine. Good balance of lightness and bitterness, and it doesn’t get too bitter if I leave the bag in too long. Quick and tasty

Late at night, at Meijer. The girlfriend and I were desparate for some black tea with milk, but it was too late to brew up a regular cup of looseleaf at home and we were out of decaf. We hesitantly picked up this, Tetley’s decaf British Blend.

It turned out to be very nice! I expected something flavorless or bitter, but this is malty, bready, cozy, and very enjoyable. We always took it with milk, so this may not apply if you take it without, but I’d definitely buy it again if I’m out of decaf.

Oh, Tetley tea, what can I say about you?

This, and Red Rose are the teas that my grandmother swears by and all I have when I go for a visit (unless I want to swing by one of the 30+ Tim Hortons in Cambridge, Ontario). This is, I think, a tea I drink because I like the taste of milk and sugar. It has a bitter, if not boring, flavour on it’s own so it seems to need to be sweetened up.

However, although the flavour is nothing worth writing home about, it’s just what need to get me out of bed on a Sunday morning, or help me stay up all night when I have an unfortunate essay do the following day.

It is what it is, and that’s all that it is.

Edit: Had to bring the rating down a little bit more due to the tea pot full of this tea I just had. Added milk and sugar, but it did taste a bit like sweetened cardboard…

and/or kid’s breakfast cereal.

Which is essentially the same thing.

Again, judge me all you want for having this as a staple in my cupboard. :P It’s not the best tea in the world, but it’s accessible and the taste is comforting to me.

Smells: sweet with the vanilla definitely shining through
Tastes: mildly sweet, hints of pear combined with vanilla & roobibos flavours full on
Good tea, will be enjoyed by all who love Roobibos & vanilla flavour ♥

This is my every-day tea. Deep, comforting, and reminds me of my childhood. I always think of it as an equivalent to a fuzzy blanket on cold days, but I might be slightly biased.
Handles over-steeping fairly well, but I usually steep it for about 3 minutes.
Always enjoy with a splash of milk in your favorite mug (it’s just meant to be).

It wasn’t as good as expected. The honey added a very sweet taste to it and masked the elderflower.

You should only use one tea bag for a pot!

It does what it says on the tin (and originally bought this in tins that are still hanging around the house)….its a minty punch to the face.

Very pleasant and strong. Its a robust tea that even stands up to double brewing with the same teabag. So if you are limited on tea space and fancy some mint, a little of this goes a long way.

Uhm, what can you really say about the steadfast standard brew that greets you every morning before you don your armour for the battle that is the coming day.

The drink that we stop at the wee service station in the bitter cold because R. needs a ‘hug in a cup’.

That charming mug that lets you sit down, have a moment, a breath before regrouping.

I am from a land of sunshine and coffee. We worship at the altar of Starbucks and have more flavors of coffee in our grocery stores then Britians have even dreamt existed (and don’t get me started on the amazing creamer flavors — like we could replace all food and drink with creamers in their flavor).

Despite all that I moved abroad, met a Yorkshire man who taught me how to make a proper cup. I am a changed tea-fairy, and all but the coffee flavored candies have seen my back turned to them. I am sorry coffee, where you are a sweet bitchslap to the face every morning, tea is that ‘hug in a cup’ …and we all know which I’d choose. ;)

This is the tea that made me think I didn’t like orange pekoe. No matter what I do, it always gets super bitter. If I make a full pot of tea instead of a cup and steep it for only about a minute it turns out drinkable, but still not very good. I’ll have it with a lot of milk and sugar if there’s no other options (like when I’m visiting family) but definitely not my tea of choice.

Since I had a whole box of 100 just laying around in the cabinet I though to myself “Eh, Why the hell not.” Also, I have my teapot soaking so I couldn’t make a good cup of something. I boiled up 8oz of water and put the teabag into the teacup. Poured the water over and let it steep for 2 minutes. Then took the teabag out and disposed of it. Infused up somewhat dark, quite darker than Twinnings English Breakfast

The results are nothing special. Seems to me like your run-of-the-mill ordinary supermarket bag tea. No real flavor to it other than some astringency and bitterness. Just taste like hot water to me really. Although it is better than anything Lipton produces. (Well maybe not anything but you get my point)

This probaly has nothing to do with the tea but while drinking it made my throat feel ticklish, not in the good way. And I was coughing quite a bit.

This tea smelled like discount, vanilla scented shampoo and tasted a bit like sweetened bathwater. I was really disappointed and completely unimpressed. It was stale and had a very weak flavour, even though I let the tea bag sit in the water the entire time.

I thought it was all right, but right after I finished it I had a cup of Twining’s Earl Grey and it reminded me what tea bags were supposed to taste like.

I grabbed this when I was sick, and didn’t realise until I got home that there was licorice root in it. I tried it anyways. Eugh.

I Love the Full enriched Flavor. I use the Tetley Chai Tea for Ice Tea. You can taste all the spices at a stronger flavor. When I drink iced tea now I am comparing them all to Tetley Chai Tea. I want to buy a case I cannot find anymore. I enjoy the full aroma it is perfect…

A great all round tea, especially good in the morning as its easy to make. A family favourite.

We went to the Perkins at the location of our honeymoon and got a tea basket. Went to the one back home, and all they had was Tetley black, though it wasn’t in the round bag described above, but a regular tea bag. Tasted decent with a packet of Splenda, but I don’t care for unflavored black. Maybe I’d like a full leaf one?

This is the UK version – I’ve experienced the difference in tea sold in the US and in Ireland and the UK!

I have this every morning and afternoon – 2 tea bags in the pot, 5 minutes’ steeping, bunch of (soy) milk and I’m alive. It’s not great in itself, but is much better than most of the supermarket teas that you can afford to drink in quantity. Most of those are too weak for me, with the occasional strong but bitter type.

These were given to me by a friend after I mentioned I am a cardamom nut.

I cold-steeped three bags in 1L overnight and got a very dark amber tea. It was barely cloudy, despite being fannings.

The taste is overwhelming cardamom, too much so. It is perfumy to the point of not being aware of anything but that. Despite my love of cardamom, this is not something I would drink again, or recommend. Perhaps I’ll use the remainder for baking into a chocolate cake.

This was the first tea I’ve ever had, been drinking it al my life. It isn’t anything special, but it is reliable. I find it can take quite a bit of oversteeping, although once you go too far, oooh it gets bitter really fast. I need a little milk and sugar with this, possibly out of habit.

I find this isn’t a tea I drink for the flavour or experience, this is something I drink when I want something warm and comforting. Its the best for that purpose.